Egyptian party says legal measures "best way" to protest at Tiran, Sanafir deal

Cairo – The secretary general of the Free Egyptians Party said on Friday that his party has not yet decided whether it will participate in the demonstrations called for by some activists in protest at the parliament’s approval of the maritime border demarcation agreement between Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

“The party’s political bureau will convene on Tuesday to take a decision on that score,” he noted, stressing that everybody has the right to protest, even the party’s members, as long as such protests are peaceful.

 

The general session vote was the final step needed for parliamentary approval of the deal. 

 

The vote came after the legislative and constitutional affairs committee and the national security and defense committee approved the deal on Tuesday and Wednesday.